Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Discovery of Fire

You wake up when the coffee starts to perk,
And make up (stories, and your face as well),
Glibly explaining why King Henry fell,
And take up causes: you love social work,
New books, old movies, Kemal Atatürk;
You hate to rake up leaves (because they smell),
Stake up tomato plants – your fingers swell –
And mowing is another job you shirk.

Raw nature is so – well, it's just so raw.
Erect steel buildings, take an airplane ride,
Toast marshmallows, go looking far and wide
For tools more useful than an ass's jaw,
And think about great art, and civil law.
You don't mind housework: you can stay inside.

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